Arnaud Huignard

"After I left the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie in Paris, I wrote my thesis on luminescent nanoparticles at the Ecole Polytechnique's Physics and Condensed Matter Laboratory. This initial experience confirmed my belief that I wanted to work in applied research on materials with useful and concrete functions. As Saint-Gobain provided such an opportunity, I decided to submit an application.

I am now working on hydrophobic coatings for automobile windshields to improve wet-weather visibility and safety. Under this project, at the intersection of chemistry and physics, I work with academics to solve highly specific scientific problems and with industrial specialists from the automobile glass business unit to pinpoint production requirements at the plant.

These two areas provide a particularly enriching experience with a high learning curve: Saint-Gobain Recherche provides a crossover between the academic and industrial worlds."